He says, “This wholesale medical imperialization of normality could potentially create tens of millions of innocent bystanders who would be mislabeled as having a mental disorder. But in this guest column op ed in the LA Times, the head of their fourth edition, psychiatrist Allen Frances, is basting the process leading to the fifth edition. The American Psychiatric Association is trying to update their “label bible” known as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. It’s not too late to save ‘normal’: Psychiatry’s latest DSM goes too far in creating new mental disorders. The APA is planning to create a “DSM 5.” MindFreedom is calling on a halt on the process and a dialogue about the harm caused by psychiatric labeling.
The American Psychiatric Association is attempting to update what is considered their “label bible” of psychiatric diagnoses, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual.
